André Bertel's Karate-Dō

This site is based on my daily practice of Shōtōkan Karate-Dō here in Ōita City, Japan. More than anything else, unlike the majority of other karate websites, this page is primarily dedicated to Budō Karate training itself; that is, Karate-Dō as a vehicle for holistic development.

Saturday, 26 July 2014

Gojushiho Dai Kata: A generic outline

›

Practicing in a confined space after dojo training: one of my methods to specifically "review". Here is a general outline o...

Sunday, 20 July 2014

UK Seminar Video

›

Here is a new video from my seminar in Blackpool (England) back in 2012. All the very best, happiness, good health and good training, André...

Monday, 14 July 2014

`A-E' TRAINING

›

Kihon-geiko: the beginning, end and full circle of Karate-Do. Fundamentally speaking, traditional karate-do functions to progressively ...

Thursday, 10 July 2014

Light training: a way to proactively recover from injury

›

Over the last week I have had to train lightly in order to recover from my injury. In saying that (and in line with my last article `Turn...

Monday, 7 July 2014

Turning negatives into positives!

›

I competed in the JKA Kyushu Senior Karate-Do Championships this weekend. However, I was unable to perform well, actually I bombed out, a...

Wednesday, 2 July 2014

A reverse look at kihon-centric karate: the karate-do of contemporary Japan

›

Kihon training: the beginning and end of Karate-Do. One of the common criticisms of modern day Japanese karate, by Western exponents, i...

‹

›

Home

View web version

Andre Bertel: Japan; André Bertel is a Hachidan (8th Degree Black Belt) and A-Class International Instructor and Examiner in Shōtōkan Karate. He lives in the beautiful city of Ōita, Kyūshū, Japan. As a personal student of the legendary JKA Master, Asai Tetsuhiko Sensei, he is the Gijutsu-Chō (Technical Director) of the 国際空手道松濤館 (INTERNATIONAL KARATEDŌ SHŌTŌKAN—IKS). The IKS aims to pass on Traditional Budō/Bujutsu Karate in its purest form. He conducts a high-level instructor's program, and elite athletes training camp, in central Ōita City, which are both now world famous: due to the results achieved by participating renshusei/trainees. André Sensei has now trained for over 45 years and constantly in Japan since 1993. His daily self-training, firsthand learning from the very best instructors in the world, and overall experience is reflected on this blogsite. Welcome to André Bertel's Karate-Dō!

View my complete profile